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SRP is once again selling a key player. I just messaged them a week ago and confirmed they definitely have a plan. They should have plenty of money and draft picks. They definitely have a future!
Edit: let’s just say what they’re doing is referred to as “tanking”

Last edited by Rexo at 8/25/2018 2:28:13 PM

it's certainly a strategy. A great draft pick can certainly be a game changer (for example, Basham was such a good pick early on that he's been the starter basically since I drafted him). If I'm going through with his plan though, I'm definitely trying to stockpile up enough scouting points to be able to evaluate EVERYTHING about every player, then hope to have a good enough draft board to be confident in at least the top 10-12 guys.

isn't tanking versus the rules

I don’t know what “tanking” is to buzzer beater, but what SRP is dont is semi tanking, he sold his best players for cap space and scouting points like he said. That’s what I called his tanking. I don’t see that why that would be bad, having an off season to make a major comeback, he’s basically rebuilding.

Im not slandering him, I'm just asking a question. Because the rules don't go into details. It says there are fines.

Well, vs Gators, @ Big Beavers, and vs WildHoochieKoos. This is bad, especially since my starting SG is injured. Can't wait to see if my new replacement can step up!

You also have a scrimmaged booked again me. Lol it’s gonna be tough for you, but all star weekend coming so that’ll speed up the recovery.

Last edited by Rexo at 8/27/2018 8:23:17 PM

Let's get into these games (note: I did decide to cover Snake River vs the O'Ballers)

Big 8 Power rankings:
1A) BPE(9-2)
1B)Gators(11-0)
3)Big Beavers(9-2)
4)WildHoochieKoos(7-4)
5)Snake River Panthers(4-7)

Great 8 power rankings:
1)Hard2Guard(9-2)
2)Boynton Birdseye(9-2)
3A)Clemson Cavs(8-3)
3B)The Duck City Ninjas(7-4)
5)Jersey Blazing Heat(6-5)

discussion/explanation: 4 games to get into starting with BPE and Clemson. I'm not even going in depth on this, simply I will show that Clemson made 17 shots the whole game. That's not a typo. I'll now start covering H2G and Hooch...in summary, the game was closer than the Clemson one but H2G still dominated basically every statistical category. Next, I decided to include Snake River and the O'Ballers. In his last game with the team, Jim Jones went out with a bang. 32 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals, and 6 3's en route to a solid victory. The only things that kept it remotely close were free throws and Gaugl's superhuman efforts. Lastly, we have Gators playing a surprisingly tight game against Jersey, even with effort considered. It seemed the 3 ball was mainly what kept Jersey in the game, especially against a box and one defense, even if it was the outside variety. Turnovers also seemed to hurt the Gator's cause, but in the end, they got the victory thanks to rebounds and...drumroll please...free throws. That along with really good frontcourt production, in general, this game.

Since I have 2 game days worth of games to cover, I'll be doing the discussion part of this a bit differently from what Y'all are used to from me.

Big 8 Power rankings:
1A) BPE(11-2)
1B)Gators(13-0)
3)Big Beavers(11-2)
4)WildHoochieKoos(8-5)
5)Snake River Panthers(5-8)

Great 8 power rankings:
1)Hard2Guard(11-2)
2)Boynton Birdseye(10-3)
3A)Clemson Cavs(9-4)
3B)The Duck City Ninjas(7-6)
3C)Jersey Blazing Heat(7-6)

discussion/explanation: instead of reviewing games, I'll cover how each team has done since my last ranking update...starting with Snake River, who beat a CPU team and play H2G closer than I would've thought they would. Up next I'll cover Jersey, who had a really good week in beating Hooch and pushing the Big Beavers to the edge of defeat but not quite over. For Duck City, they drew a rough week, with losses to the Gators by 20 and the Big Beavers by 10. Up next we have Hooch who beat a CPU team but took a tough loss to up and coming Jersey team who just may be in a battle for the 4th spot in the playoffs down the stretch (maybe). Up next is Clemson who beat a CPU team then got clobbered by the Gators in a similar fashion to the BPE game a week earlier. As for the rest of the teams...Boyton lost a game against a difficult to beat BPE team then handled their business against a CPU team, Big Beavers used a furious late rally to squeak by Jersey then beat Duck City in a close one, BPE beat Boyton and obliterated the O'Ballers, H2G handled their business against a CPU team and Snake River, and the Gators remain unbeaten so far with wins over Duck City by 20 and Clemson by 50.

I don't have to put details about blowouts today because all the games were relatively close. Yay!

Big 8 Power rankings:
1A) BPE(12-2)
1B)Gators(14-0)
3)Big Beavers(12-2)
4)WildHoochieKoos(8-6)
5)Snake River Panthers(6-8)

Great 8 power rankings:
1)Hard2Guard(12-2)
2)Boynton Birdseye(10-4)
3A)Clemson Cavs(9-5)
3B)The Duck City Ninjas(8-6)
3C)Jersey Blazing Heat(8-6)

discussion/explanation: Back to the normal format, starting with Hooch and Duck City. Duck City dominated the first half and held on to win the game. Assist to turnover ratio and the 3-ball really helped Duck City, while all those missed free throws that Hooch had added up in the end. Up next, Gators and Boyton. The Gators controlled the first half, but Boyton furiously rallied in the third quarter...only for the Gators to hold them off in the fourth. The major difference in the game seemed to be free throws; both teams were efficient but the Gators took and made 3 times as many free throws in the game. Finally, we have Big Beavers and Clemson. the Beavers trailed for most of the game but kept it close and rallied for a 4th quarter comeback win. There was no clear statistical advantage for either team in the end. After watching the replay of the last 90 seconds, Big Beavers came up huge on defense with 2 key blocks. both rebounded by the guy who blocked it, a steal from Wade James that led to the go-ahead bucket by Brathen and holding Clemson scoreless for the final 70 seconds in the game.

Well, Clemson is in trouble. Regardless of the outcome between me and the Heat, the Cavs are likely to lose to the Birdseye. Even if Clemson manages to win, they'll need to beat them by 80 something points to make the playoffs.